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Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 6:51 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Silas was born with a rare genetic condition that caused multiple illnesses.
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Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 7:48 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Jace Elliott was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy almost two years ago.
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Updated: Jun. 1, 2023 at 10:24 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Gavin has been battling tumors in his body for years.
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Updated: May. 31, 2023 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The young boy had a VSD hole in his heart that required surgery to fix.
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Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 6:55 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Charlotte will turn one this July.
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Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Allie is rounding out her last month of high school.
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Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 9:12 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
This 17-year-old from Dallas, in Gaston County, was initially admitted to her local hospital for a short stay.
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Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 11:19 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Ella could be at Levine Children’s Hospital for many more days as she fights a sickness.
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Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 10:10 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Adarien Torrence from Lincolnton is the newest one of our amazing #MollysKids.
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Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Madi Penegar is a 5-year-old from Unionville.
7-Day Forecast
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 11:01 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The now 3-year-old was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) shortly after birth.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 3:13 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Roughly one in 10,000 individuals worldwide are affected.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 9:07 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
“There is still no name for what she has,” said her mom, Amber Lowman. “Yet, we know something is going on.”
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 10:36 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Two families were able to connect and lean on each other after connecting through Molly’s Kids.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 6:47 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The 23-month-old lives with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH).
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Jackson lives in Bessemer City and is a 6th grader at Mountain Island Charter School in Mount Holly.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:19 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
The hospital is turning 15 years old this weekend.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Please welcome Elly Perlman as the newest one of our amazing #MollysKids. This now 8-year-old from Marvin in Union County, will steal your heart.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:20 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Destinee lives in Hickory and is a 17-year-old senior at St. Stephens High School.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 9:47 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
This Charlotte boy was born in Miami and moved to North Carolina when he was 3-months old. He is non-verbal, has developmental delays, and lives with seizures.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 3:37 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Project Change will hold a Fun Run 5k on Saturday, April 22.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 10:18 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Asthma isn’t a pediatric diagnosis that’s usually deadly, and Lexie McCallum’s mom wants people to know it can be.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 6:35 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Savannah Shipman was diagnosed with a CHD within weeks of her birth.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 10:54 AM EST
|By Molly Grantham
The fun run will be celebration around Sunnie’s fight, rather than sadness that she’s fighting at all.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 8:23 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Before she passed, Allyson made a decision to become an organ donor at age 17.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 10:24 AM EST
|By Molly Grantham
When Abigail was diagnosed with ADOA, she was the seventh in the world to get this news.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 9:40 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Wynter has an autoimmune disorder called Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP).
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 4:36 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
The Clover High School student was only 17 years old.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 3:53 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Still no hot water (Day Three), but heat is working and we’re feeling like campers on in our own home on this break. It’s kinda fun. Enjoying this time and logging on now specifically to relay one story that needs sharing.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 10:21 PM EST
|By WBTV Web Staff
Several Molly's Kids had a big week this week, with lots of good to go around.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 3:44 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Hartley Plyer, a longtime member of Molly’s Kids, organized the book drive.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 1:50 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
She said books are hugely appreciated when you’re a pediatric patient.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 9:54 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Owen was diagnosed with Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT) on the first day of 2022.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 11:19 AM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Baby Jaxxon just underwent surgery at only three weeks old.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 3:13 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Zeke had surgery late last week for something called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 10:15 PM EST
What happened in the front of the parking lot at WBTV News Tuesday afternoon has this crowd of strangers smiling.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 10:33 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
The Hearts and Hope Foundation, Inc. is organizing a first-time pajama drive, to help parents who are stuck in the hospital this holiday season with their sick children.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 5:06 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Hartley Plyler is a longtime one of our #MollysKids who is no longer a kid herself. She has graduated from ClemsonLIFE and though still in treatments, doing great.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 12:58 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
In her first four months of life, the little girl saw multiple doctors and specialists and was hospitalized three different times.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:36 PM EST
|By Molly Grantham
Update on this vibrant 10-year-old in Monroe—she might be battling a nasty brain tumor, but this past weekend, appeared on the Carolina Panthers field at halftime as a part of the Junior TopCats.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 10:51 AM EST
|By Molly Grantham
“The everyday highs and lows are my long-standing new normal.”
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 10:38 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Sunnie’s mom reached out the day after her diagnosis, full of hope.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 11:37 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
In March we met Amelia Culp, from Albemarle, who lives with SMA Type 1. Stands for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 7:10 AM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
At 12 years old, Adeena was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of soft tissue or bone, in May 2020.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Despite that original prognosis, Savanna came out ahead.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 9:39 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Burrell has been battling an aggressive subtype of neck and head cancer since October 2020.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 10:12 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
She was just eight months old.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Kiefer Katsoulis was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in 2015.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 4:11 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
At 28 weeks pregnant, she was diagnosed with ‘Tetrology of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia.’
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 9:59 PM EDT
|By Molly Grantham
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia is a rare disorder that causes Cheyenne’s body to bleed constantly.